Arsenal legend Ian Wright insists he is taking no pleasure from Tottenham's terrible start to the season.

With the white half of North London bottom of the Premier League without a win in seven games, Spurs fans would have expected Wright to have been revelling in it.

But the one-time Gunners record goalscorer insisted: 'Although I love Arsenal, I would not like to see Spurs relegated.'

Bring him in: Wright wants Zambrotta (right) at White Hart Lane

Instead, the one-time scourge of White Hart Lane has urged the Tottenham board to back under-fire manager Juande Ramos all the way and give him unlimited funds in the January transfer window to put things right.

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He also wants Ramos to change tactics and bring in a bully boy to run the midfield to halt the club's slide towards the Championship.

In his column in The Sun, Wright said: 'If I was their chairman, Daniel Levy, I would spend this morning drawing up a plan to sort it all out.

'Firstly, I would call Juande Ramos into my office and tell him we were definitely not going to sack him. I would give him until the end of the season - whatever happened.

'I would then give Ramos enough money to sign who he wanted in January - with Gennaro Gattuso, Gianluca Zambrotta and Emile Heskey the top three players on my list.

'If Ramos knew he was definitely staying, and that he would be allowed to bring in fresh players when the transfer window reopens, then all the fans would have no choice but to get behind him.'

Wright also back a much-maligned Spurs strikeforce that has netted just four League goals this season.

He added: 'Roman Pavlyuchenko has yet to adjust and Fraizer Campbell is still young, so I would still be looking for Darren Bent to score the goals.

'Darren has not played his best for Spurs but nor has he had a proper crack. He enjoyed two great seasons for Charlton, when he scored 31 Premier League goals in 68 starts.

Target? Emile Heskey

'Wing man Aaron Lennon also needs a good talking to. He should be playing for England, not scraping a place in the Spurs team. He has the quality but has to be more positive and to work harder.'

Wright also insists the new signings Luka Modric and David Bentley should be given far more time but Ramos' main problem is a lack of leadership.

He added: 'They have no leaders when Ledley King is not around. If I was in the White Hart Lane dressing room, I would be looking for players who were ready to scream their heads off.

'I would expect them to encourage team-mates, to criticise team-mates and, most of all, to fight alongside team-mates. Basically, I would want a bully in that team but there is none there.'

And Wright concluded that Ramos needs to stamp his authority on the club with big-money signings.

'I have always loved Gattuso. I would play him either as a defensive midfielder or, if Didier Zokora was playing well, on the right. He is only 30, would be a great addition to the midfield and, as we have seen in World Cups, is a proper leader.

'Zambrotta, 31, would be my next buy. He is versatile as well, so could replace the wobbling Vedran Corluka at right-back or play next to Jonathan Woodgate in the centre of defence.

'Then I would go for a striker. Were Heskey, 30, to be available, and he is a free agent in the summer, he would be a tremendous asset.

'If Ramos is going to start emerging from Spurs with some credit, he has to start turning things around - fast.'